Republicans Lobby Pelosi to Protect ‘John Does’
Charles Johnson
Wed May 2, 2007 at 11:30 am PDT • Views: 426
This is one to watch; will Nancy Pelosi go along with the CAIR-driven grievance theater of the six non-flying imams, or will she protect legislation to prevent passengers from being sued for reporting possible terror warning signs? Republicans lobby Pelosi to protect ‘John Does’.
Key Republicans are lobbying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to protect legislation that prohibits airline passengers from being sued if they report suspicious behavior that foreshadows a terrorist attack.
Republican leaders used a procedural motion to insert that provision into a transportation-safety bill last month, but House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, Maryland Democrat, has threatened to bar from becoming law all language entered into bills under such “motions to recommit.”
“We cannot afford to wait any longer to protect individuals who seek to do the right thing by speaking up to prevent a terrorist attack,” more than a dozen Republicans wrote to Mrs. Pelosi, California Democrat, today in a letter obtained in advance by The Washington Times.
The legislation responds to a lawsuit filed by six Muslim imams after they were removed from a Nov. 20 U.S. Airways flight from Minneapolis to Phoenix for suspicious behavior. The lawsuit was filed on March 12 and also named as defendants any yet-unknown “John Doe” passengers who reported the imams’ behavior.
“This represents a startling precedent, one that could freeze the very behavior law enforcement has encouraged,” the letter said.
Frank says: